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Monday, September 17, 2012
INFOGRAPHIC: Back To School Posts Fail On Facebook
As summer turns to fall, there's one phrase that makes kids hide in fear: "Back to school." Apparently, it has the same effect on Facebook. According to social software company Expion, back to school posts made by brands were liked 79 percent less than other posts. In an infographic posted to sister site Social Times, Expion broke down the basics of back to school posts on Facebook. Department stores were at the... read more>>
Facebook Campaign Connects Students To Mars
Although most of us probably won't step foot on Mars, one Facebook campaign is utilizing the red planet and the social network to get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, and math. Through Raytheon Company's Mission to Mars, students can explore the planet virtually and interact with Facebook to earn grants. The campaign includes a Clear 4 Takeoff Facebook game, where users can put themselves in the driver's seat of a rover... read more>>
Internet-Telephony Platform Vox.io Adding Support For Facebook Chat
Internet-telephony platform Vox.io said it will launch a new version of its service that will allow users to chat with their Facebook friends from within its interface. According to TechCrunch, users will also be able to call their Facebook friends by simply clicking on links. Founder and CEO Tomaž Åtolfa told TechCrunch a new mobile version of Vox.io is also under development, which will add support for text-based communication. Readers: Have you ever used... read more>>
Google Snaps Up Snapseed Parent Nik Software; Seeking Instagram Of Its Own?
Perhaps seeking an answer to Facebook's acquisition of photo-sharing application Instagram, Google announced Monday -- via a post on Google Plus by Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra -- that it acquired Nik Software, parent of iOS photo-sharing app Snapseed. Terms of the transaction were not announced. According to CNET, Snapseed was named iPad app of the year in 2011 by Apple. Gundotra also revealed some milestones for Google Plus in his... read more>>
Are You Classy Enough To Like Grey Poupon On Facebook?
Every other Facebook page puts up no barriers to admission. Users can simply click like, and they're part of the fan base. Not Grey Poupon. The upscale condiment puts people through an application process to see if they've got the class to be a part of its Facebook page. If you cut the mustard, you're able to claim Facebook-exclusive rewards. If you're rejected, your like is rescinded. Using a Facebook application, Grey... read more>>
Report: 15 Percent Of Social Media Ratings, Reviews, Facebook Likes May Be Fake By 2014
As more consumers rely on social networks for recommendations and reviews, more and more of that content, including likes on Facebook, is being paid for by brands, with a report from research firm Gartner projecting that 10 percent to 15 percent of social media ratings and reviews will be fake by 2014, going as far as to predict that the Federal Trade Commission will bring litigation against at least two Fortune... read more>>
Gut, Charades Win Grand Prizes In Facebook-Heroku Joint Hackathon
Facebook held a joint hackathon with Heroku in San Francisco, and of the 15 projects completed over two days, two came away with grand prizes: Gut and Charades. The social network offered more details about the winners in a post on its developer blog: Gut is a Windows Phone application that suggests apps you might like based on apps you and your friends have liked or reviewed. Gut combines ratings from app stores... read more>>
Winklevoss Twins Join Another Social Network
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss -- otherwise known as the Winklevoss twins or the Winklevii -- are involved with a social network. What's different is that this time, they are not claiming to have come up with the idea for it. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's classmates at Harvard University and eventual courtroom opponents are backing business partner... read more>>
Unsportsmanlike Conduct Called On Replacement NFL Ref Due To Facebook Posts
One of the National Football League's replacement officials was removed from his assignment to work the New Orleans Saints' visit to the Carolina Panthers Sunday after ESPN informed the league that posts on his Facebook page indicated that he was a Saints fan. The NFL's regular officials have been locked out, so the league is using replacements from lesser levels, such as college and high school. According to ESPN, Side Judge Brian Stropolo,... read more>>
Use Facebook Emoticons Wisely And Practice Message Etiquette
Facebook gives users a plethora of emoticons, with everything from the basic smiley to Chuck Norris in play. But Facebook Content Strategist Amy Thibodeau warns that, just like with most good things, moderation is key when it comes to emoji. Although it may seem fine to soften the blow of a serious message, overuse of the emoticon can get out of hand quickly. Thibodeau says users should read messages out loud if... read more>>
Facebook Engineering Director Arturo Bejar On Conflict Resolution, 'Compassion Research'
Facebook Engineering Director Arturo Bejar spoke with the San Jose Mercury News, but the conversation had nothing to do with coding or new features on the social network. Instead, they discussed conflict resolution. Bejar told the newspaper he is in charge of what Facebook calls "compassion research," or using social science tools to help the social network deal with posts that make its users feel ill at ease. He discussed changes Facebook has... read more>>
New Haven, Facebook Spar Over City's Page Name
What's in a name? Plenty, if you're following the debate between Facebook and the city of New Haven, Conn., over the latter's page on the social network. The New Haven Register reported that Facebook contacted the city several weeks ago and asked it to change the page's name, which was New Haven, CT, at the time. According to the social network: Pages with generic location names like "New York," "Ontario," and "Switzerland" are... read more>>
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